A Right to Information request filed with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike revealed that Rs. 160 million was allotted for animal birth control and anti-rabies vaccinations for street dogs over the last three years, but only Rs.84 million was utilized by the Animal Husbandry Department.
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We live in a museum of waste
Indian’s natural instinct to litter and poor sense of hygiene has been one of the most encashed sources of humor over the decades. It has earned standup comedians with the most applauded punch lines and writers with the most appreciated plots.
Govt primary schools lose out to private ones in Holalkere
Government primary schools in Holalkere taluk of Chitradurga district, Karnataka, are running short of students as parents opt to send their children to private ones, which have rapidly increased over the last five or so years.
Thirsty Lalbagh Garden guzzling Bangalore’s ground water
A wastewater treatment plant that is supposed to provide over 2.2 million liters of water daily to Lalbagh Botanical Garden, is operating below capacity and one-third to half of the water needed to water the garden is taken from borewells.
Child labor still prevalent in Bangalore
Bangalore has emerged as the leading center of child employment in India as programs like Action Plan for Eliminating Child Labor and State Child Labor Project (SCLP) have largely failed in combating the menace.
